What's in a Prague street name

Every street in Prague, one by one.

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I could talk about myself for ages, or I could point out that https://english.radio.cz/ed-ley-englishman-recording-stories-pragues-streets-one-one-8806941 is over two years old but still largely stands (other than the Twitter links).

Category: 1976

  • Prague 4, day 342: Durychova

    Durychova was built in 1976. Until 1995, the street was called Dolejšího, after Vojtěch Dolejší (1903-1972), a Communist journalist who worked for Rudé právo, among other publications, and was chairman of the Czechoslovak Union of Journalists from 1957 to 1963. Jaroslav Durych was born in Hradec Králové (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2023/06/24/prague-3-day-176-hradecka/). He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine…

  • Prague 3, day 50: Habrová

    Originally published on Twitter on 12 June 2022. Habrová was built in 1976. Continuing the tree theme, a habr is a hornbeam (Carpinus), a hardwood tree which is mainly used for ornamental purposes. There are many species of the hornbeam, but the only one that exists in the Czech Republic is the ‘Carpinus betulus’, the…

  • Prague 3, day 47: Osiková

    Originally published on Twitter on 9 June 2022. Special ‘unintentional advertising for Kaufland’ edition: Osiková, a relative newbie built in 1976. An osika is an aspen tree, or ‘Populus tremula’. It’s a tree from the willow family. Other Czech names for the tree are topol osika (aspen poplar) or osika obecná (common aspen). I’m no…